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View definitions for went for

went for

verb as in reach

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verb as in like, choose

verb as in attack

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With political challenges pushing his back against the wall, Yoon went for the nuclear option - a move that few, if any, could have predicted.

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She said she hadn't left her house at first, but later went for walks and drives with her family after hearing that civilians were not being harassed by the rebels.

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So she agreed that Marcos would go for president, while she went for vice-president – the two posts are elected separately – but that they would form one team on the campaign trail.

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That’s why the Ravens went for it three times on fourth down, succeeding on all three, including once from their 16.

Even as the Bruins broke off five gains of 15 yards or more in the first half — equal to their counterparts — that explosiveness went for mostly naught.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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